New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-19

dulcet strains OF breaking crockery the sweet murmur
Of begerent cats the soft and feeling whisper OF
in the last throes Of the sharpening process sne
gentle hum of q pendant sign-board holding tender
commune with tornado all these added together and
multiplied by war In a monkey cage can give buy
faint conce ption of the ecstatio symphonies that
breathed out of those svul-stirring instruments
suddenly the gentleman, OF whose piratical tend
ences there can really be no doubt, gave his drum
dreadful bang the fiddle az II possessed Of
a lost hut irreconcsble soul, the harps walled WIN
tumuituous emotion ana then all was SILENT anu tpe
heatheDs relapsed into their customary gloom OF
the young ladies tailed to grasp the situation
then, realizing that the performance was over, tney
burst into loud and prolonged applause. The Yang
ste kang gentleman whose piracy is evident started
up uncertain just what designs the fair creatures
entertained but perceivng that his pg-tail renamed
in its wonted place he fell back IN his seat. MI.
Krehbel somewhat unnecessarily observed mat tue
sounds which had just been produced we're scarcely
meoIious In fact, they not designed TO DC 3d.
Tho Chine music was a music Of sentiment ra.ner
than of sound. Each note was the expression Oh an
idea. The selection played conveyed TO the Chinese
mind poem. Such note suggested bravery suoh
another hope this one was conflict and battle TINS
was love and peace this despair, and this DEAN.
The audience might feel that they were 1usuneu III
supposing that all the sounds they had neaiu
meant death, but such not the case Ii any one
tanced that this music had been continuous strugee
between two Chinese wildcats ending In the desruc-
ton of both, he really In error ana nc iaieu W
grasp the poetic spirit of the selection.
Although so little attention paid to melody by
the Chinese mrsicsns yet II was easy to trahspose
one OF their songs into modern civilized music so that
it made quite a tune. Mr.. Krehbiel had done this'
and taking up an Oriental harp he played almost as
sadly a native could have done. linen one OF 'he
ladies played the tune made over INTO herman
music upon the piano. 1t quite clear that the
students desired n second selection IRON tho
orchestra and the lecturer communicated this Wish 10
the gentleman who was obviously pirate
@Tol la ke-ka tang wingah fou," he murmured
to the nidel that played the middle.
"Shouk-te whang TEX w0t-a-bludi Jarg un muir
INJURED the infdel to the pirate.
The both of them eered wickedly at each other and
1t became clear that they entertained some perfectly
atrocious design. The full measure oil their wlcked
purpose became apparent when the hdde got AT WORK
II every Chinese sound means something, IL Is mighty
lucky the nnde that Miss Porter did not under
stand them. That they we're sounds suggesting dense
deprayi there can be doubt 1t was probably tne
song of The pirates chief executoner gloang over the
heads of its bleeding victims Translated into English
it was something like this
/ am a big Hi-Boss
SLASH / am just about TO cut out your eye
o-Ro, will now proceed to lay bare your liver
And 10 pull out your tongue. ,-, , s.,
Uhe Son OF ao IT, Grca. scoupUp, feeds night and DAY
Picked ronguc.)
To scrape your heart on a nutmeg Crater
An1 TO carve your spine Into toothplcKs' So
Then followed sentiments altogether TOD terrioe 10
reproduce here. OF course all this was unknown TO
the Young ladies' and to their tair dimped hands
rapturously applauding these unholy baroarsms was
a great strain upon Mr. Lafcadio lIearn, the authOr
OF Some Chinese Ghosts" who was present and
whose familiarity with the Chinese tongue enabled
him to know Just what ideas the fiddle was express
ins Bat being friend Of Mr.. hrehbiel, Mr. Hearn
wisely said nothing There was another gentleman
present Professor Wing OF Hartford Amrricaniked
Chinese nobleman, vino seemed deeply interested IN
Mr. Krehbiel's lecture. Mr. Wings sense OF humor
was aroused by the frauds the pirate and the nlde
were practising upon Mr.. Krehbiel in the production
OF such barbarous music. The lecturer, OF course
understood it all, but what could ne DO lie simply
concealed his Indignation and horror and smiled Do
ngnly III the musicians aud sniaby at the audlclce
as il to saw THIS may sound like avn al muse but
it is really Chinese Sunday school hymn" Nheh
the uhde finished AS to allay any latent suspicion
In the minds of the audience Mr. hrehbiel said that
the Chinese tongue was peculiar one Every worn
had several different meanings and the speaker coA-
veyed the idea he intended by the modaatOn OF MS
voice In pronouncing the word. If he pronounced
given word with rising infection. II meant one
thing with falling infection, it meant another In
this tame it had a certain sgniheati0D III that IL Aad
quite another
TIE inference of this statement was, OF course that
if any feared that the which had just been
played was of awicked character, he might console
himself with the reflection that the thing wac pretty
ted and that what appeared TO be the newt OF
an Infatuated pirate about TO commit harahri might
after all be simply hymn in praise OF the goddess oil
neace Professor Wing did not leave Mr.. hrehbiel
10 the lurch At the lecturers request he assured the
audience that the Chinese word tong" Tor instance,
night be 80 pronounced as 10 mean " aiolt OI " 10
obtain or several other t1ings. "hch thls nea hau
been July elaborated the heathens rose 10 20, anu he
nitrate fairly FLOATING in the evil melodies he had
brought into that home Of gentle refinement smhed
anu bowed TO the young ladies' ana said Alice sOou
nightee" -